Thanks Babalu, that was fun. If you find GROG' cap in your garage, can you bring it to Squid's retrospective?But, if you're not coming up for it, then can youjust send it with one of the other San Diegans coming up for the Retrospective?

Bai goes to the head of the class today in GROG' opinion.
_________________GROG miss Tiki-Kate

WOW....let me say that again....WOW!!! Babalu's studio was brimming with talent this weekend. The Tiki Mag Show brought in some big guns from all over, and I was lucky enough to pull some of the shooters over to my place this weekend. I had Squid, Bai, Grog, Bowana, Cammo, and Buzzy all over to sling a little mud! That was really fun you guys! We have to do a repeat of that sometime.

Squid and Bai showed up early and first, and in a devoted artistic fashion, they were also the last to leave. Grog, what can I say...it was like a light bulb went off in that caveman's head and he was going nonstop boogie from the moment he touched the clay...he took to clay like a duck takes to water. Bowana, well Sir B is just plain amazing...the cat is like a machine! Cammo put the finishing touches on one of my all time favorite mugs...you rock Cam! Buzzy...Buzzy is crazy mad...he's also like a machine...when Buzzy gets it in his mind to do something, he's all over it like a school of piranha on swimming deer that cut it's self shaving.

DAYAM!! What a day....The best thing to do at this point is just to rock you with pictures...without further adieu...

The suddenly real nice stone mug appear in his hands. Don't know where it come from. Just like magic, it not there then PLOP it there. This first thing me ever see GROG make, so I wish I saw it being made instead of just appearing on table in front of him in blink of eye. Maybe he bring it with him, and fling it out when nobody looking.

The palm is amazing. The "Palme d'Or".

Richard Schaal is Rhoda's real-life husband, and star of "The Cube".

Nice skull, nice birdie, and Buzzy better give that dog dish to his dog or Kiva's gonna go around all droopy-eyed about how Buzzy made the greatest dog bowl of all time, and GAVE IT TO SOME OTHER DOG!!!!!

Grog....The lid is safe...see you next weekend. Yes, I soooo agree! Bai moves to the front of the class! She turned and burned and ruled the day!

Sir B, I braced up the babes on some small pieces of wood as shown below...I will replace the plastic they are resting on tonight with some news paper...it will draw the moisture better. I think you need to get air circulating around the whole piece as they dry...the inside bottom of the mug and the very bottom side should dry out uniformly.

Bai beat the pants off the guys!!! That is a wicked tree....way to go. Will there be some colors soon? One of those would look awesome in my lounge. I don't think I could ever get into carving, but the mug-making thang looks waaaay fun. _________________ "Oh waiter, another cocktail please!!!"